Turbines put the wind up Hawkesdale locals #AUS

By National Wind Watch It could be the wind farm capital of Australia, but the residents of Hawkesdale don’t see the appeal in the potential tourist attraction rising on their doorstep. Just 300km west of Melbourne, the township of 400 is grappling with the prospect that five wind farms – with almost 500 turbines generating 1500 megawatts – could soon go up and effectively encircle their town. Three approved projects at Hawkesdale, Woolsthorpe and Ryan Corner, will border the town to the east and the south, . . .